[Satellite TODAY 12-17-09] Tring Communications, a subsidiary of Albanian Satellite Communications (ASC), signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat to renew and expand capacity on the W2 satellite, Eutelsat announced Dec. 16.
    Tring will use the capacity at 16 degrees East to support its broadcast services over the Balkan region.
    Tring also signed an agreement with Eutelsat’s broadband affiliate Skylogic to distribute the Tooway consumer broadband service in Albania.
    “This dual service underscores Eutelsat’s ambition to respond to requirements from communications service providers to deliver a full range of digital broadcast and broadband solutions so that they can reach out to homes beyond range of terrestrial networks and efficiently expand their user base," Eutelsat CEO Michel de Rosen said in a statement.